Description

Three folk tales for children, retold and arranged for Orff instruments. Each tale is told through a narrator, with special parts and characters. Tales are The Stonecutter (Japan), Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky (Nigeria), and The Cat and the Rat (West Indies). Includes performance suggestions, Orff arrangements, and costume and prop ideas.

The Stonecutter is for grade 4 to 5; the other tales are for grade 5 to 6.

Performance times: Why the Sun & Moon Live in the Sky- 15 minutes; The Cat & the Rat- 20 minutes.

The Cat and the Rat: includes 2 West Indian folk songs for voice & Orff instruments (Down Jamaica Way and Copy Cat), 1 Jamaican song for voice & Orff instruments (Day-oh!), 1 West Indian instrumental song (Basay Down), and poem with body percussion.